Callum 🕹️

I should have been donating all along. Blender has been such an incredible tool for me, the last 5 games I have shipped have been exclusively modeled, UV'd and rigged in Blender. It fucking rules! You can't make me go back to Maya! I won't!

Keep in mind that small independent bookshops get waaaay smaller wholesale discounts than Waterstones.

A small shop gets 35-45% off a book when Waterstones have been known to expect 85%

That’s Automaton talk.

Experimented with some hand painted normals on that corridor piece today. Not sure fully hand painted it going to be worth it in the long run, the scale of details on camera just doesn't make it worth the time.
BUT... might be some value in subtler macro variations. Experiments will continue...

Oti the penguin showing a good example of "giving back".

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Do your part. Donate today.
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#b3d

Bit more noodling on the shapes and details... about ready to start planning and grouping textures, then proper modelling.
#3Dart #environmentart

YouTube video by Hardy Fowler - Digital Painting Studio The Stripe of Light

Very much inspired by this short from Hardy Fowler, and my longtime desire to return to some mega-city stuff.
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Exploring a new idea I had the other day... Just a block in and colours for now

Space marine from the Minotaur chapter, in terminator armour, holding a hammer and firing a storm bolter in a dilapidated factory setting.

Star Phantom space marine devestator holding a big plasma cannon

Raptors space marine, in a retro camouflage scheme, walking on an ice planet with a big red planet in the background

It is yet again time to hawk my Badab War fan-art booklet!

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Work in progress screenshot of a fantasy dwarf character rendered in Unreal Engine 5

First pass in UE5, still got work to do on the textures/materials etc. But time to move on to the sword and sheath!

Tim Sweeney getting this upset over a review grilling a game for using AI tools is proof that more and more reviews should be taking the same approach whenever AI pops up.

Ofcom's statement also suggests it's relying on a tool with Al capabilities (as it "combines multiple data sources to train its models"), but the exact functions of the platform remain hidden. Given that there are so many potential sources of this data - from internet service providers (ISPs) to website administrator logs - it's nearly impossible to assess the platform's potential accuracy or privacy credentials without additional details. Similarly, while identifiable information may be excluded from the data that Ofcom analyzed, there's nothing that suggests the data is not at risk of re-identification. Finally, the fact that a regulator is using tools (and therefore presumably spending money and resources) to specifically track the public's use of software designed to enhance digital privacy is likely to ring alarm bells. However well-intentioned, tracking the use of VPNs risks undermining their very purpose as a privacy tool.

After initially confirming the project to Tech Radar, Ofcom went silent when pressed on questions about what data was being monitored, what privacy protections were in place or who the company doing it was.

Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy

The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.

The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.

Turn off Autorun Python in your Blender preferences as a precaution

“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’ Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees

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Thanks, yeah it's a good feeling

Junkster on Steam Junkster is a 3D action platformer with an awesome building mechanic. Plucky, little construction bot, UM-13 has crash-landed on a dangerous junkyard planet. Armed only with his trusty robo-wrench, Um...

Junkster, the game I was working on, has taken a step out of limbo! Check it out! So happy to know people will be able to play this game.

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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.

They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.

Getting pretty freaked out that I won’t be able to pay my mortgage this month, so all my lovingly hand painted original landscapes are now 60% off the listed price AND I will ship free within the US.
Help a gal out, please.
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.

His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org

Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙

I realised I can do the thing

Thanks!

Thanks! It was oddly therapeutic

A high mountain top with the face of a dwarven king carved into it. Gold and black marble inlay a crown decorated with knotwork inspired by celtic knots. A waterfall spills from the face's mouth. On a smaller peak close by, in front of the face, a black marble obelisk stands as a grave marker. It shares golden iconography with the crown, and has runic script. The scene is warmly lit, just as the sun begins to set.

A closeup of the previous shot, focusing on the obelisk. It is made of black and gold marble, and shares golden iconography with the crown, along with runic script. The scene is warmly lit, just as the sun begins to set.

Zbrush renders of the dwarven head, alongside a closeup of the fully rendered head in scene.

Zbrush renders of the obelisk, alongside a closeup of the fully rendered obelisk in scene.

It is done! This was a bit of a slog at times (remembering old programs and learning new ones will do that) but it's been a blast.
#gameart #environmentart #3denvironmentart #unrealengine

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Had a great chat with you all those months ago. I've been meaning to apologise for not keeping in touch, too many life and work things happened and kept happening so I barely touched the program in the end.

A high mountain top with the face of a dwarven king carved into it. Gold and black marble inlay a crown decorated with knotwork inspired by celtic knots. A waterfall spills from the face's mouth. On a smaller peak close by, in front of the face, a black marble obelisk stands as a grave marker. It shares golden iconography with the crown, and has runic script. The scene is warmly lit, just as the sun begins to set.

Getting close to finished with this I think! A couple of oddities and polish points, particularly with the most clumps, then it's done.
#gameart #environmentart #unrealengine

If I had a penny for every time I forgot to turn off sRGB on my masks texture I wouldn't need to hunt for a new job.

Screenshot from zbrush of an lightly weathered obelisk with runic lettering and decorations similar to celtic knotwork.

A block in of the previous obelisk in the environment. It sits on a rocky outcrop; behind it, a waterfall powers out of the mouth of a bearded face carved into a cliff-face.

Some of today's progress! Got the gravemarker blocked in and most of the sculpting done. Also got much of the waterfall shader blocked out. Nearly there!
#gameart #environmentart #3Denvironmentart

Still relevant 🫠

it's insane how much textures and lighting do

#3dart #characterart #zbrush #digitalsculpting #gameart